IIT Songs collection, 1940-2002
Collection
Identifier: 039.01.38
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Various versions of IIT school songs identified either as the alma mater, the fight song or the loyalty song. Collection also includes some information about the history of the songs. See listing of included songs below.
Songs included in collection
- IIT Loyalty Song (aka The Alma Mater, Tech Alma Mater)
- Composed by O. Gordon Erickson, ca. 1940. Includes the earliest known copy, hand-written (presumably by Erickson, longtime Armour Institute and IIT Music Director) on music staff paper
- Illinois Tech Marching Song
- Composed by William C. Laube, Jr., ca. 1949
- IIT Alma Mater
- Composed by by Ken Renner, 1979. Revised in 1987, this became the IIT Fight Song
- IIT, You Mean to Me
- Composed by Franciso Ruiz, 1999
- IIT Loyalty (aka IIT Fight Song)
- Composed by Julie McCord, 2002
- IIT Hawk Cheer
- ca. 1950
Dates
- Creation: 1940-2002
Creator
- Illinois Institute of Technology (Organization)
Language of Materials
Records are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Available for Research
Collection Size
1 Folder
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Formerly 1998.209
Existence and Location of Copies
Processor
Catherine Bruck, University Archivist
Creator
- Illinois Institute of Technology (Organization)
Subject
- Erickson, O. Gordon (Person)
- Laube, William C., Jr. (Person)
- McCord, Julie (Person)
- Ruiz, Francisco (Person)
- Renner, Ken (Person)
Part of the Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections Repository